Armed robbery in 03-54.46N 098-47.17E at 022035Z feb
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 306/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-11 00:40Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 7/22 040003Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-04 00:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 3.908, 98.786. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2022-02-04 00:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-11 00:40Z
- authority
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 7/22 040003Z FEB 22.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 3.908, 98.786
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
STRAIT OF MALACCA. INDONESIA. DNC 03. 1. ARMED ROBBERY IN 03-54.46N 098-47.17E AT 022035Z FEB. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110040Z FEB 22.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
11 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- F/V hijacked in 05-35N 098-49E at 231830Z may caution advised2017-05-26
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 02-34.0N 101-26.2E at 081350Z aug2015-08-08
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 03-56N 098-45E at 201930Z mar2015-03-22
- M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 02-59N 100-54E at 211755Z apr2014-04-24
- M/V attacked in 03-23N 100-30E at 172155Z aug2010-08-18
- Possible attempted piracy attack reported in 04-02.3N 099-45.0E at 170355Z apr2010-04-19
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:15Z; source collection times vary.
Piracy
Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.